I think the Rangers fans shot themselves in the foot there in the stands, at least down at my end. The Caps fans were quiet until they started up, and then the Caps fans got started and got loud and stayed loud for the most part.

I would say he has earned more starts, certainly. But since Tampa is a pretty lol team again this year, maybe it's a night off for Johnny. Put him in against real opponents while he's playing hot, no use in tiring him on crap.

(Sorry, I hate Tampa, I know that sounds a little mean, but I really, really hate Tampa)

You all won't be surprised to hear that each of last year's members of Gang Green in the upper reaches of Section +=# have turned on him. Moi included. And rightly so. What an embarrassment. If I am Mikey I am looking into my soul and seeing if there is anyone home.

At the risk of being Johnny Raincloud, it should probably be mentioned that Johnny really should have had the one goal he did let up. But overall he played very well -- you can't question a guy that makes Chris Drury look that bad on a penalty shot.

I experienced a major high and a major low as a Caps fan last night. The high was when Lunquist stone-cold robbed Ovi, who fell to his knees and looked to the rafters, and the fans gave him a huge cheer. I loved being a Caps fan just then.

The low was when Semin scored his empty netter and, in a shameless display of asshattery, some idiot in Section 413 poored beer all over my buddy, who was wearing his Ranger jersey to the game. Where were we, Philidelphia? No class. My friend had been respectful the entire game, nothing out of order, and he gets beer dumped all over him. Pathetic. Hell, even if he had been acting like an idiot, you do not dump beer all over a Wayne Gretzky jersey ever. Period. I was embarrassed to be a Caps fan.

So... did you and your friend kick that guy's ass? I mean, really, that's asking for an ass-kicking, you don't do that shit to people just because your team lost/won/whatever happened. That is a shame, and not something you encounter every day when your team WINS. Go figure.